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  As the story goes, there are no free rides. The costs of each journey must necessarily be borne by someone. They can be broken down into three categories: the monetary costs related to the construction, maintenance and management of infrastructures; the monetary costs related to the purchase and use of vehicles; the costs that […]

The latest escalation in the Middle East came as a shock to global oil markets. Tensions had been rising, particularly following the largest United States military buildup in the region since the first Gulf War. Markets were increasingly factoring in the possibility of military action, albeit largely assuming a limited event. What followed went well […]

  The world’s primary sponsor of terrorism is the regime in Tehran. Not only is it the force behind terrorism, it also seeks the total annihilation of Israel and its people, creates civil wars all over the Middle East, develops missiles and nuclear weapons for these purposes and brutally oppresses its own population. Just two […]

250 years ago, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense swayed the masses and set the stage for the U.S. Declaration of Independence.   “It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism, if the persons so elected possess afterwards, as a parliament, unlimited powers. Election, in this case, becomes […]

  In late 2025, the European Union agreed to accelerate the removal of the customs-duty exemption for imported parcels valued under 150 euros, a technical change that will take effect from mid-2026. Under the new regime, low-value parcels entering the EU from third countries will be subject to a fixed customs duty, ending a long-standing […]